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Sorry to say, but it looks like a lot of closet racism is leaking on through some of the right-wing response to this story. People are going of in classic knee-jerk fashion, rather than educate themselves about the facts of this deal. I only hope that we can rely on the Dems to overreach again, and save the Republican party from stepping in it.

I understand your sentiment, but I've been struck, having only this thread to go by (I've been fairly single minded today), that the "right-wing " (as represented by us) is being very mature and reasonable about this, pointing out the very racist implications of some of the knee jerk responses, particularly from people like Hillary, that well known right-wing responder, dontcha know?

It's not the "right-wing" that is reacting inappropriately to this. It's the left and the squishy middle.

I am referring to the Buchananites among us who know nothing about the Port issue, yet have formed an opinion anyway. They always fall back to the "its from the middle east, so it must be wrong" crowd. They know nothing about Dubai or how it's people and organizations feel about America. They said nothing about the fact that Brits were, are, and will be managing the same port operations as before, but now that they will be working under Dubai ownership, it is now a bad idea. They don't know that port operators don't have anything to do with port security, or that the issue has even been vetted already to determine whether or not there are any security issues to be concerned about. Some are even taking the media story hook line and sinker, and believe that we actually sold our ports to the UAE. Very few FReepers are taking the time to educate themselves on the issue prior to sharing their views on it. They don't even care that they are being used by Democrats so that they can appear tough on National Security, if it would mean that they would be wrong with their initial (and I stand by RACIST) attitude about this deal.